"Ellie, a girl wise beyond her years, will be voiced by Ashley Johnson – known for her work in television shows such as Ben 10, King of the Hill & movies like Fast Food Nation & What Women Want. Joining Ellie in The Last of Us, will be an older gentleman by the name of Joel, a brutal survivor, whom will be voiced by Troy Baker – famous for his work as Two-Face in Arkham City & upcoming work as James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2 HD "http://www.examiner.com/video-game-in-national/the-last-of-us-voice-actors-revealed

‘The Last Of Us’ will be scored by Oscar-winner Gustavo Santaolalla.

WOW sony i was not expecting this!

Basically from the trailer what i picked up is that

- The game looks amazing if its gameplay (as you expect from naughty dog)

- Everyone is infected like zombies but one of the zombie things looked like something different

- Set in a city which is deserted and everything is overgrown reminded me of I am Legend

What Remains is an epic live action series produced by Manifest Film, based on the upcoming video game title, "The Last of Us" by Naughty Dog. The series is intended to be used as both a marketing campaign by Naughty Dog to increase sales and awareness for the game title, as well as a unique piece of content chronicling the journey of three unlikely friends as they attempt to survive in a world 10 years after a new strain of fungus as all but wiped out the human race.

This series asks the question: "What does it mean to be human when humanity's time has passed?"

No word for SCEE or ND yet as to wether this is offical... but you would think it would be.

Naughty Dog have released a heap of new The Last Of Us screens showing of the infected. The two stages shown are the initial ‘Runner’ phase and the later, more dangerous, Clickers.

The Last Of Us screens and art – clickers and runners

The Runners are apparently the weaker of the two enemies. They don’t have great eyesight but are still fairly human so can be defeated in a toe to toe fight. The Clickers on the other hand have a much more advanced form of the infection. They’ve lost their sight completely but use echo location to hunt meaning you have to creep up on them when they’re not clicking.

You can get all the new The Last Of Us info here. The latest details cover the new infected variants, the weapon and resource crafting system and Joel’s Listening power which lets him ‘see’ enemies through walls. You can see all of this in action in the this The Last Of Us gameplay video as Joel, Ellie and Tess work through a mall filled with infected.

Tons of new The Last Of Us info has emerged covering everything from infected variants such as the clickers and runners, how the crafting system works, and Joel’s detective-vision like ‘listening’ power.

The story is set 20 years after the infection broke out. Joel and Tess are smugglers who move black market supplies in and out of a Boston quarantine zone. Ellie is basically a job: they have to transport her through the infected zone to a rendezvous with a group known as Firefly at the city’s state capitol building.

Only two stages of the infected have been revealed so far. Runners are an early stage of the infected who are still human in appearance. The fungus has ruined their eyes however meaning they can only really see movement. They’re not much stronger than normal people but travel in packs and will call others if they see anyone, overwhelming with numbers

Clickers on the other hand are completely blind, their faces erupted in to fungal growths. They use echo location clicks to track enemies so you can only move when they’re silent. Their advanced stage of infection mean they can kill with a single blow and can only be taken down with guns or stealth.

You can use thrown objects to distract infected and lure them into traps. Gunshots will have the same effect forcing you to think about how you deal with large groups.

There’s a crafting system that lets you upgrade weapons for more damage, or to extend their lifespan (things degrade with use and eventually break). One example is combining a pipe with scissors to create a one-hit-kill weapon. Other things you can create include molotov cocktails, shivs and so on. You’ll also need to keep an eye out for batteries for your torch.

Collectable stuff confirmed so far include: batteries, blades, bindings, rags, alcohols, explosives, sugar, and melee weapons. An example of crafting includes making a heath pack from some alcohol and a rag.

Joel effectively has a sensory power, a ‘listening’ mode. Using this mode turns everything into a slow black and white visualisation of the game world, showing the infected’s footsteps, clicks and groans, and enabling you to ‘see’ where they are.

There are collectables in the game including: Notes, Comics, Firefly Logs, and Training Manuals. These are three dimensional objects rather than log entires.

'I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture!

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I'm glad. I can't wait for it to come out, but.. I can. I know that doesn't make sense.

They've said it's in the final stage of production and they want a few more weeks to work on it, rather then cut corners to get it out. Which is fine by me! Also gives me more time with God of War. :smileywink:

“We’re definitely looking at more than 12 hours, maybe 12 to 16 right now is what we’re looking at,” explains Naughty Dog’s Arne Meyer in a video interview. “It really depends on how you play. You can play a little bit slower if you try to approach situations stealthy, if you really wanna explore the environment and scavenge, that’s going to add more time too.”

"Uncharted takes the Indiana Jones approach to swashbuckling adventure gaming, here however; in The Last Of Us things are somewhat more grim. A human version of the extremely nasty (to insects) Cordyceps fungus has made a mess of many folks and their complexion.

Essentially a significant portion of the US population has either been killed or turned into the ‘infected’. The military has taken matters into hand, bombarding some major cities, and setting up quarantine zone no-man lands."

"Jess takes the lead, directing the party towards the ultimate destination. There is ample opportunity to explore though, at one point I thought I would look around a bit, but soon found that what I imagined to be an investigatory reconnoitre, was in fact the right way to go. You will need an explorer’s gene pool to make progress in The Last Of Us."

"We sneaked at a pace until confronted with a Clicker standing at the ladder base, not really looking like moving. Behind us, the other Clickers were homing in on our location. Time for action, I whip out the shotgun and blast the guard Clicker into oblivion, climbing the ladder swiftly. Looking back I see the AI driven Jess and Ellie making for the ladder also, with a hoard of Clickers in close pursuit. Time to empty the revolver from the safety of height."

Sounds rather awesome - click the link up top to read the full article!